EricDeLee Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Sorry... but I can't find the main thread that compared all of the mods. Anyway... I did Ben's Mod last night. I have picture and sound through RCA jacks... only problem: The picture isn't right. I put in many carts and all have the same problem. In Pitfall II, Harry has about a one-two inch whitish blur to the right hand side of him (along with the rat on the second level). In Mrs. Pacman, the maze does the same thing. when it goes to the 'attract' screen (when it shows one ghost at a time) it is more apparent. Same white blur follws each ghost on the right hand side of it. Any suggestions? I seems to have everything hooked up right and adjusting the pots don't seem to help. Is the RF signal jacking it up somehow... even though it is not running through that anymore? Perhaps I need to replace the RF Shielding? Any suggestions would be great. BTW... It still won't work with a PSOne screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InanimateCarbonRod Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Hi, Here's a link to the comparisons by Nathan Strum http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...2650&highlight= Personally, I prefer the Phono-to-Coax adaptor to Ben Heckendorn's mod. I found the picture was WAY too dark. But that's just me. Hope this helps. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 If you do decide to do Ben's mod, check this site for a good guide. (What's with the .sit file??? I don't have a Mac..) http://anvilfilms.net/ATARI/stoverlay.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Crap... Nothing I can do with a 'SIT' file. Any other files out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I believe Aladdin still offers free unstuff program for Windows. It has been a while as I generally use ZIP for transferring files between Mac and PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The MilkMan Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Crap... Nothing I can do with a 'SIT' file. Any other files out there? I'll re-upload the PDF. My intent with the .sit file was to try and minimize file sizes...eh, well. Should be good if a few... Good luck on your mod, I had a blast doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The MilkMan Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Ok, PDF is uploaded, and the .sit file is removed. It's kinda big so be warned. (14mb) Thanks Whisper for giving my "Help with Ben's" PDF a shout out! u Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Very cool! Will it be up tomorrow? That's when I'll get to print it off! (I didn't know if you were going to change it back or not)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 The guide is AWESOME! I will be using it to re-do things on mine. Quick question: I simply did everything the lazyman's way and tied my wires Directly to the Stella chip's pins... and avoided as much soldering as possible. Probably why I have a blur on my characters as well. LOL Would it make a difference if you soldered it to the chip (I just have it there with clamps... no solder yet) or underneath the board. I attached everything on the top part of the board instead of the bottom. I'll try it all again within the next few nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I did the Cracknel's mod but i also had some resistors laying around. I don't remember which ones i did but I put 2 660 ohm resistors on 2 of the luma leads... NOT the chroma, only the luma. Those cleared up the signal, including the color bleeding and the mismatches in color. hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 still didn't get round to modding mine... Oh and I threw away my pictures of "how to make a SCART cable for your composite/mono modded VCS" oops... Oh well, everyone who can lookup the pinout of SCART can do it. And besides, who here uses SCART anyway except for a few silly Europeans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 Modded a second Atari last night... but the color bleeding is still there (I didn't do a permanant mod... just a temp.) I don't remember which ones i did but I put 2 660 ohm resistors on 2 of the luma leads... NOT the chroma, only the luma. Would this work on Ben's mod? Which is the Chroma and Which is the Luma (is there a number that's tell me?) Second question... a third Atari board I have has sound problems. I put in a cart (Mrs. Pacman for example) and all of the sounds are messed up. It sounds like it is skipping or it'll use other a different sound than it is supposed to use. Any suggestions on fixing that one? I've never had sound problems before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidTone Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 well i just finished up my Ben Heckendorn's mod on my vader. Came out great and i love not having to use the damn rf cable. Someone mentioned that the picture was two dark. just wondering did you try to adjust the pots? When i first got mine working i tested with stampede and it was so bright the brown cows were almost white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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